SoNervous- Welcome!!! With my first ivf I tested negative the day before my beta and the beta turned out positive ( ended in a m/c though) but it can happen so don't lose hope. Fingers crossed for you!!!

After 5 failed IUI's & 6 failed IVF's we threw in the towel w/ ART and then got a NATURAL miracle BFP! Hoping and praying it is finally our take home baby! Mother to our twins boys in heaven -lost at 22.5wks on 6/20/09 and 1 other little angel in heaven.

Aura - ugh, sorry about AF not showing up. Mine was a day or so late while on lupron, but it did show up in time and everything went as planned. DS is in a montessori school, so they don't really do homework, but I am not worried about him missing school - just the end of year celebration. He is only 4, so its not like he is going to fall behind for missing 2 weeks of school (some kids aren't even in school at his age). I am doing a few things differently this cycle - I am not drinking coffee at all (last time I was doing decaf, which still has a little caffine), I am trying to not drink at all (last time I drank wine every now and then, but still not a lot). I am also going to start taking prenatels and COQ10 (need to start that tomorrow, now that I remember :). I was taking more vitamins, which I have been taking for years, but they never helped, obviously, so I don't see any harm in giving them up. I am open to suggestions? Is there anything else I should be doing?

Mom to DS 12/07 and DD 11/13, plus a bunch of chickens, dogs, and cats.

Moving past many years of infertility and always thinking of my friends in the infertility forums.

rcr I say go for it! It's September, we could use some new thread BFPs!! (Especially since I'll be doing my FET soon!) I think the no caffeine is worth a try. I did decaf my first two ivfs and no caff my last... I know Teresa's dr even told her no chocolate! As far as supplements, Dr T had me on pycnogenol and inositol three times a day. I'd like to think they worked wonders, as my egg quality was great this time, but I know protocol played a larger part in that. But they weren't expensive so I'm still taking them.

blue, can't wait to hear the news from your upcoming appointments!

so nervous, welcome! it's not over until the beta, so stay positive. how are you feeling? your retrieval was on my bday, that must be lucky!

afm, i think my period is TRYING to come. It's not quite spotting, but it's something. Dr T said that if it doesn't come by Thursday I should just start the estrogen shots regardless. I think this delay is going to push my transfer back a few days, but maybe not. I should know more tomorrow.

Aura - I have never even heard of those two drugs. I am going to look them up. Maybe I will email dr. fisch and ask him what he thinks. I love that I can just email him and he will get back to me - my old Dr. was such a pain to get a hold of.

AFM - I head back from the nurse, and I need to be in Vegas on Dec. 3. DH needs to be there on the 5th, but I think I am going to ask him to come out on the 4th because last time I was worried that I would go early and he would not be there. He has the time off anyway, if he leaves on the night of the 4th. We are still trying to work out when we will go back - DS has a violin performance on the 15th, and I really don't want him to miss it, so I think that I may send DH and DS home early and I will just be there to relax, and in case we have a 5-day transfer.

ETA - OK, I will start a new thread when I get a little work done this morning.

Mom to DS 12/07 and DD 11/13, plus a bunch of chickens, dogs, and cats.

Moving past many years of infertility and always thinking of my friends in the infertility forums.

I took my first IM estrogen shot tonight. Not terrible at all. However for some reason it sent me into a really sad mood. I think I'm worried that this FET won't work. Or the one after. Or my final fresh. I'm scared we will be out of money without a baby. I'm scared I'll have nothing to show for all this.